SECRET.
Hongkong.
My Lord,
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Red 21 MAR 08
Government House,
Hongkong, 11th.February, 1908.
I have the honour to invite Your
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Lordship's attention to the Secret correspondence referred
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Secretary of State's of 12th.)
September, 1902.
Governor's of 9th. December,
1902.
to in the margin, on the subject of the
Secretary of State's of 30th recruiting of Indian Police in the Far
May 1903. Governoris of 1st.August,
1903.
Secretary of State's
August, 1905.
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East. The draft notification enclosed
with the Government of India's (Military
Department) letter 182-B of 24th. August, 1906, appeared as
Indian Army Order 550/Circular/October, 1906, and in a
subsequent letter No. 1694 B of 16th. May, 1907, from the
same Department it is intimated that "it will be necessary
for a recruiting party composed of the classes required to
be sent from Hongkong to work under the orders of the
(Indian) Recruiting Staff Officers concerned after sanction
has been accorded to the enlistment of the number of recruits
required of each class". Subsequently the Captain Superintend
ment of Police "will correspond direct with these recruit-
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
THE EARL OF ELGIN, K.G.,
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&c
-ing